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A young Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacteria has learned she will lose her hands and remaining foot, and responded by mouthing the words, "Let's do this." Her father recounted the conversation in an update on his Facebook page today. Andy Copeland wrote about the difficult talk he had a day earlier with daughter Aimee, 24. She "shed no tears, she never batted an eyelash. I was crying because I am a proud father of an incredibly courageous young lady," Copeland wrote. It was not immediately clear whether the surgeries had already happened.

Copeland said he was finally able to tell his daughter yesterday what had happened since she suffered a deep gash in her leg after falling May 1 from a homemade zip line over a Georgia river, and how she's been the focus of an outpouring of love from around the world. He recalled how Aimee's eyes widened, her jaw dropped. Then, Copeland took his daughter's hands and held them up to her face. "She didn't draw back in horror. She knew the condition she was in," he wrote. He explained that doctors believed her hands were hampering her progress, and they must be removed. Aimee nodded, her father said. (Read more Aimee Copeland stories.)

Where can we write to this incredibly brave woman to send her our support?

truefreedom

May 18, 2012 6:21 PM CDT

I consider myself very grateful that I have what I have, 'cause a story like this one reminds me that there are people worse off than I am. If you're not in jail/prison, homeless, terminal or dead......then today is a good day.